Woody Paige

Denver Post to lay off two-thirds of its copy editors?

Within the past several months, the Denver Post has made buyout deals with nineteen staffers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Keefe, and laid off popular columnists Mike Littwin and Penny Parker, among others. But the cuts aren't over. In an internal memo on view below, editor Greg ... More >>

Denver Post: More shrinkage to staff, pages

We've recently shared news about Denver Post layoffs of Mike Littwin and Penny Parker and reported pay cuts for Woody Paige and Vincent Carroll, another pair of high-profile staffers. But that's not all, folks. Editor Greg Moore confirms another pair of layoffs amid word that many previously mention ... More >>

Woody Paige, Vincent Carroll get pay cuts at the Denver Post?

Today, the Denver Post's Woody Paige lauds Baylor for winning the NCAA women's basketball championship. But did he receive less compensation for his prose than usual? Multiple sources tell us Paige received a pay cut around the time columnists Mike Littwin and Penny Parker were laid off -- and so di ... More >>

Woody Paige repeats denial that he plagiarized Dan Le Batard, rejects claim by Norm Clarke

Woody Paige.​Update below: Last week, Denver Post columnist Woody Paige admitted using quotes without attribution from a piece by SportsBusiness Journal's John Ourand. In the same item, he also denied an old claim by sportswriter Dan Le Batard that he'd plagiarized him back in the '90s. Now, ... More >>

Reader: Woody Paige should get more than a wrist slap from Denver Post for lifting quotes

Woody Paige.​Yesterday's post about Denver Post columnist Woody Paige's apology for reprinting quotes from a SportsBusiness Journal piece without attribution drew an angry response from one reader. His view? An I'm-sorry and a published correction aren't nearly enough given the size and scope ... More >>

Woody Paige apologizes for lifting quotes from John Ourand for ESPN column in Denver Post

Woody Paige.​Woody Paige wrote about one of his employers using a forum provided by the other one in "ESPN Empire One Great Story," published in Sunday's Denver Post. Problem is, three quotes in the piece appeared word for word in a SportsBusiness Journal article from April written by John Ou ... More >>

Jimmer Fredette and Tim Tebow in Denver together? God only knows...

Facebook Jimmer.​At 5:15 p.m. today, Jimmer Fredette will join his BYU teammates at the Pepsi Center to take on Wofford in the first round of the NCAA basketball championships -- and according to the Denver Post's Woody Paige, Tim Tebow may turn up to watch a baller with a reputation every bit ... More >>

Woody Paige named 35th biggest creep in sports by Bleacher Report

Big pic below.​Bleacher Report recently assembled its list of the 50 biggest creeps in sports, featuring the likes of Brett Favre and Ben Roethlisberger prior to the top dog, former Baylor coach Dave Bliss. And repping Colorado? Not just ex-Bronco Travis Henry and Kobe Bryant, for that little ... More >>

Sources: Pat Bowlen no longer Broncos' major decision maker amid "memory loss" questions

Pat Bowlen.​For months commentators have been engaged in a coded whisper campaign about Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen's health and diminished role in the organization. As the 2-6 team staggers into a bye week amid raging concerns about its leadership, talk about Bowlen's admitted "short-term ... More >>

Woody Paige's suicide-plan column best piece to date about Bronco Kenny McKinley's death

Woody Paige.​We've often made sport of Denver Post and ESPN vet Woody Paige. But when he's not cobbling together forced riffs and calling them columns, he can be a moving writer. Think of his 2006 piece about his sister's losing battle with cancer -- and today's effort about late Bronco receiv ... More >>

Woody Paige: Is he kissing that woman or trying to swallow her?

Imagine a giant sucking sound.​A brave photog sent Deadspin a photo of our own Woody Paige publicly macking on a young woman at Big Game Restaurant and Lounge. The post makes us feel a little bad for the Woodman -- but that's trumped by our eagerness to laugh, point and share both the full-si ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Woody Paige vs. Bronco Talk

Photo by Brett AmoleWoody Paige has opinions -- and he isn't afraid to use them.​These are some Denver-centric blogs we enjoyed reading today. Bronco Talk's Kyle Montgomery notes that the Post's Woody Paige dismissed him as "some kid in Arizona who is a Broncos fan and writes a blog, without ... More >>

Kyle Orton should already get thrown under the bus? Wrong, Woody Paige

Woody Paige has painted a target on Kyle Orton's back.​You had to know it'd happen about now -- and that Woody Paige would be the instigator. When the Broncos were 6-0, Kyle Orton was the toast of the town -- or at least no one was referring to him as toast, as fans had been doing before the ... More >>

Woody Paige knows his Les Paul

Photo by Brett AmoleWoody Paige in the Denver Post newsroom circa 2005.​Yesterday, I expressed regret for the January blog headline "Good News, Woody Paige: Les Paul Isn't Dead Yet" in light of the fact that Paul, a pioneering guitarist and inventor, had just passed away at age 94. Then, this ... More >>

Excuse us for that last Les Paul headline

The late Les Paul.​Back in January, Denver Post columnist Woody Paige wrote that New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul "plays basketball like Les Paul played guitar" -- a sentence that implied the elder Paul, an ax pioneer, inventor and namesake of a Gibson electric guitar beloved by a legion o ... More >>

Rockies' lack of power becomes laughing matter

Photo by Holly Harris The Bleacher Report piece "Colorado Rockies No. 1 In Denver Columnist's MLB Power Rankings" claims that the local ballers have sat Denver Post scribbler Woody Paige's roster all season, for reasons like these: "This team is showing a lot of determination this season," said Pa ... More >>

Denver Blogs: When did the Broncos' running game die, and why didn't we notice?

Courtesy of Flickr.Five years ago you could have stuck Woody Paige in the backfield and banked on five yards a carry. Now, not so much. We take daily cruises through the Colorogoshere, with stops at islands of coherence and insight. Suggest other stops here. What happened to the Broncos running ga ... More >>

Colorado connections to this year's Super Bowl: few and far between

The worsening of the economy over the past seven or eight months hasn't changed Denver Post editor Greg Moore's opinion about the importance of sending staffers to personally witness the most major of sporting spectacles. In the May 2008 Message column "Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Medi ... More >>

What the hell? Woody Paige makes sense in column questioning new Broncos defensive coordinator Mike Nolan

In recent years, sports columns by the Denver Post's Woody Paige read as if he simply spewed out the first thing that came to mind as opposed to actually thinking about a subject before writing about it -- a technique he burnished during his several years as a fulltimer at ESPN. (For more about that ... More >>

Good news, Woody Paige: Les Paul isn't dead yet

It's always dangerous when sportswriters include music references in their columns. Such citations are typically moldy -- as, for instance, Rocky Mountain News staffer Bernie Lincicome's dopey mention of Loggins and Messina, who hailed from an era "when music was fun," he claimed in a December 7 p ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 7 edition

Better late than never. Today in Backbeat Online: • Vintage Q&A with the late, great Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton. • Mile High Makeout: Coming home. • A review of the Fray at the Gothic Theatre. • Baji wants to announce your calls. • Femi Kuti cancels Boulder Theater show. Today in Ca ... More >>

Does Woody Paige's Broncos victory prediction prove he's on crack?

Woody Paige's Recommended Move for the Nuggets Is to... Bring Back Dan Issel?

Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Media

When it comes to travel, news organizations are asking themselves: Should we stay or should we go?

The Denver Post Invites Web Surfers to Visit Woody Paige's World

The Denver Post's Woody Paige at His Most Gag-Inducing

Three Pages Woody Would Rather Forget

Making the Post List

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 12/07/2006

More Messages: Tooning Out

More Messages: Morning Woody

More Messages: Studio Time

Knock on Woody

Woody Paige said his return to the Post wasn't imminent shortly before conceding that it was -- but he swears he didn't lie. Honest.

More Messages: Woody Rumors

King Woody

Woody Paige is in a New York state of mind.

Drunk of the Week

Las Margaritas Uptown

Best Hair on a Media Personality Gone National

Woody Paige
ESPN2's Cold Pizza

The Message

Saint John

The Message

Woody Rises

A Dam in the Stream

If Clear Channel can't afford Internet radio, who can?

Cyber Slams

A local college student is on a one-man mission to attack lousy radio.

Getting Racked

A local magazine says the city's news-box rules kick publications where it hurts.

Interpreting the Signals

Does the sale of five major Denver radio stations mean big changes, or more of the same?

Woody Goes Limp

Post columnist Woody Paige's big shtick shrinks in chilly Utah.

Watch the Fireworks!

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder as a public dispute goes pubic.

Out With the Old

A Boulder daily's cost-cutting measures begin with older workers.

Payback

Cabinet reject Linda Chavez is making the most of her public humiliation.

Off Limits

City of Hype

Great moments in Bronco history--and hysteria.

Hate State Sets New Record: 365 Days of Rage!